Inspection & metrology fixturing
Industrial metrology ≈ $13.3B, with CMMs ~48% of it — plus electronics board support, where pneumatic pin arrays already sell today.
Market
Enter where support matters more than clamping force, sales cycles are weeks not years, and no flight certification stands between us and revenue. Beachhead → expansion → platform.
The wedge
Three tiers, one primitive.
High-mix & defense manufacturing
Jigs & fixtures ≈ $7.5B (2024) → $12.3B by 2034. Software-defined factories need software-defined tooling: 500 fixtures become 10.
Everything the cell can become
Adaptive tooling, power-off-safe grippers, aerospace deployment mechanisms — the same primitive, new products.
Grand View Research (industrial metrology, 2024) · Reports and Data (jigs & fixtures) · MarketsandMarkets (CMM share).
Competition
The category exists. The architecture doesn't.
Pneumatic pin arraysGrid-Lok-class board support (electronics assembly)Need compressed-air infrastructure and pumps running; not software-defined per cell
Modular fixture kitsRenishaw, Inspection Arsenal CMM kitsManual setup every changeover; skill-dependent repeatability
Custom machined fixturesEvery tool shopOne geometry only; weeks of lead time; permanent inventory
NanoshapeSoftware-defined adaptive supportCAD-driven reconfiguration · zero power while holding · no air, no pumps, no per-part tooling
The honest question: “Why would a pneumatic-fixture customer switch?” Our answer must be measured, not asserted — total cost of ownership, changeover time, and hold stiffness. Producing that comparison is exactly what Phase I funds.
Business model
Sell like a component company. Grow like a platform.
- 01
Eval kit + datasheet
A manufacturing engineer bolts it on and tests it in a day. Measured specs, not promises — the instrumented cell's datasheet is the product's first page.
- 02
Land the bench
Platform hardware + per-application software. First install: one inspection bench in one quality lab. No air lines to run, nothing to machine.
- 03
Expand across lines
Every new part a customer runs is pull for another bed. Software ties beds to the customer's CAD/PLM — the sticky layer.
For manufacturers
Is your line the beachhead?
If you run inspection, metrology, or high-mix assembly, let's scope the Adaptive Support Platform against your parts and the fixtures you maintain today.